India, Aug. 13 -- A ctor Jennifer Aniston is not shying away from admitting that she and her pal, actor Gwyneth Paltrow, do not feel the need to ignore the one common factor between them - their mutual ex, actor Brad Pitt. Brad and Gwyneth were a high-profile couple in the 1990s, dating from 1994 to 1997 and even getting engaged before ultimately splitting up. Brad then dated Jennifer, and the two got married in 2000. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Jennifer admitted that she and Gwyneth do talk about Brad when they happen to catch up. During the interaction, Jennifer brushed off the question and said, "Ironically, I went to her and Brad's engagement party. Oh, of course [talk about Brad]. How can we not? We're girls. We're always swapping advice - 'What are you doing for this? What are you doing for that? Do you have a new doctor for that?'" Jennifer also opened up about the intense media scrutiny about her personal life that took place when she and Brad broke up, around the time he was linked to actor Angelina Jolie. She said, "It was such juicy reading for people. If they didn't have their soap operas, they had their tabloids. It's a shame that it had to happen, but it happened. And boy did I take it personally. They were sort of building us up and then tearing you down." The two have maintained a friendship despite their highly publicised marriage and subsequent divorce....